Marine: Boating, Sailing, PWC, GPS and Navigation - Boat neutural switch

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gomernoodle
06-07-09, 12:22 PM
Pulling into the doc is terrible, I have to shut off the motor to go into Neutral. got any Ideas? Alpha 1 merc.....:(

Tijoe
06-07-09, 10:09 PM
I used to have a Sea Ray with IO drive and there was a switch above the outdrive that momentarily killed the ignition signal allowing the drive to either engage or disengage exactly when the gear was changing. It was a quick momentary action and when it was out of sync it wouldn't shift. I don't believe a neutral switch would cause what you are describing.
Bill
Rick Johnston
06-08-09, 05:33 AM
Welcome to the forums.

The switch is one possibility, but the tranny should still shift even if the switch is malfunctioning.

Its more common for the shift cables to stretch over time.

There are two cables -- one from the control to the engine, and a second that connects to the same linkage to control the transmission in the outdrive. The small cam on that linkage activates the lever-action microswitch. The switch kills the ignition to reduce torque on the transmission while shifting.

Test the switch and adjust the shift cable using the method on this page (http://dolphinmarineservice.homestead.com/Cable.html).